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Paper Ripping Fun

Tearing and Gluing

Day 16of 180
Week 4of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Develop fine motor skills by tearing paper

2

Explore different textures and sounds of paper

3

Practice listening and following simple instructions

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:31

“God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.”

— Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

Just as God carefully created everything, we can create art by carefully tearing and exploring paper

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper (various colors)
  • Base paper
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Art
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Let's remember how we made colorful rainbow paintings yesterday.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you made zigzag lines in our last lesson?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we're going to learn how paper can make different sounds and shapes when we tear it!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Feel the paper and listen to the sound when you tear it
  • Tearing can make big pieces and small pieces
  • Every piece of paper is special, just like God made you special!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What color paper do you want to tear?
  • Can you make a big piece or a tiny piece?
3Activity: Paper Tearing Exploration (8 min)
hands-on

Gently tear construction paper into pieces, listening to the sounds and feeling the textures

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose a piece of colored construction paper
  2. Hold the paper with both hands
  3. Slowly tear the paper and listen to the sound
  4. Make big pieces and little pieces
  5. Place torn pieces on your base paper
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child tear paper, guiding their hands

Challenge: Try tearing paper into specific shapes or patterns

4Closing (3 min)

Look at all the beautiful pieces you created! God loves to see you explore and create!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What sound did the paper make?
  • What colors did you use?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how to use a glue stick to stick our paper pieces together!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Fine motor skills are crucial at this age. Tearing paper helps develop hand strength and coordination.

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use positive encouragement
  • Let child explore without too many strict rules
  • Supervise to prevent paper from going in mouth
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children might find tearing difficult or get frustrated

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enjoyment of process, attempt to tear, listening to instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional paper art worksheets
  • Sing a simple song about creation while doing the activity

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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